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king_friday

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 my 68 ludwigs
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Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:12 am |
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Airborne Ranger

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Very cool. I love those 60's Ludwig finishes, the oyster was SO much better looking than the version they offer today. Do yours have the white interiors or the clear? Enjoy them in good health, they'll never make finishes like that again and NEVER modify them, that's sacriledge. I'm sure they sound great, I'm a huge Ludwig fan and those look very nice.
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king_friday

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Airborne Ranger wrote:Very cool. I love those 60's Ludwig finishes, the oyster was SO much better looking than the version they offer today. Do yours have the white interiors or the clear? Enjoy them in good health, they'll never make finishes like that again and NEVER modify them, that's sacriledge. I'm sure they sound great, I'm a huge Ludwig fan and those look very nice.
thanks a lot man! as far as the interior go do you just mean the inside of the shell? cause thats just the wood in there.
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Airborne Ranger

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king_friday wrote:Airborne Ranger wrote:Very cool. I love those 60's Ludwig finishes, the oyster was SO much better looking than the version they offer today. Do yours have the white interiors or the clear? Enjoy them in good health, they'll never make finishes like that again and NEVER modify them, that's sacriledge. I'm sure they sound great, I'm a huge Ludwig fan and those look very nice.
thanks a lot man! as far as the interior go do you just mean the inside of the shell? cause thats just the wood in there.
You have the clear interiors then. Prior to that they painted the interiors white, they switched to the clear interiors in 67-68. If you look at pictures of Ringo, you'll see he has the white interiors which date from early 60's to '68 or so. The shell is the same though so either interior will sound great. I've spoken to Bill Ludwig III on this very subject and he told me that they were selling SO many drums at that time that they had to use lesser quality woods, so they painted the interiors white to cover any blemishes, and that the paint wasn't even dry when they were boxed up and shipped. Back then they were running three shifts at the Chicago plant (which incidentally was not far from where I grew up, I remember on a good day you could hear the stick lathes going at the plant.)
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king_friday

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Airborne Ranger wrote:king_friday wrote:Airborne Ranger wrote:Very cool. I love those 60's Ludwig finishes, the oyster was SO much better looking than the version they offer today. Do yours have the white interiors or the clear? Enjoy them in good health, they'll never make finishes like that again and NEVER modify them, that's sacriledge. I'm sure they sound great, I'm a huge Ludwig fan and those look very nice.
thanks a lot man! as far as the interior go do you just mean the inside of the shell? cause thats just the wood in there.
You have the clear interiors then. Prior to that they painted the interiors white, they switched to the clear interiors in 67-68. If you look at pictures of Ringo, you'll see he has the white interiors which date from early 60's to '68 or so. The shell is the same though so either interior will sound great. I've spoken to Bill Ludwig III on this very subject and he told me that they were selling SO many drums at that time that they had to use lesser quality woods, so they painted the interiors white to cover any blemishes, and that the paint wasn't even dry when they were boxed up and shipped. Back then they were running three shifts at the Chicago plant (which incidentally was not far from where I grew up, I remember on a good day you could hear the stick lathes going at the plant.)
i did not know that, you learn something new everyday i guess. thanks for the info dude!
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Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:30 pm |
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michiganice91

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thats a sexy kit
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king_friday

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michiganice91 wrote:thats a sexy kit
thanks a lot man! that really means a lot to me!
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Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:15 am |
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ThePloughman

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Nice drums. I like vintage finishes.
Seems like the Vintage Drums forum area here is a very cold house.
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Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:47 am |
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king_friday

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ThePloughman wrote:Nice drums. I like vintage finishes.
Seems like the Vintage Drums forum area here is a very cold house.
thanks dude!
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Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:45 am |
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skitch

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ThePloughman wrote:Nice drums. I like vintage finishes.
Seems like the Vintage Drums forum area here is a very cold house.
I don't think that there are many vintage owners on this site....yet.
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Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:46 pm |
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amberluvskeithmoon

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Nice set, man....and looks like your havin a blast playin em. Ludwigs are awesome and i always get a great steady sound with em....
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:02 pm |
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king_friday

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thanks you! yeah i love those drums. ludwigs are great
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DrummerZ

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lmao i though you meant that you had 68 different ludwigs lol.
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Alan_

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mmm...old ludwigs. nothing else sounds quite as good to my ears. I bought my '63 white marine pearl kit from my high school spanish teacher for 500 bux back in 1986. I've never had a desire to own a different drumkit.
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